4-oxo-thiazol ino/idine-5-ylideneacetamido penicillanic acids

ABSTRACT

Derivatives of 4-oxo-5-thiazolino and thiazolidine-5ylideneacetamidopenicillanic acid of potent anti-bacterial activity are produced by acylating 6-aminopenicillanic acid with derivatives of 4-oxo-5-thiazolinylideneacetic acid or 4-oxo-5thiazolidinylideneacetic acid in the presence of a condensing agent directly or after conversion of the -ylideneacetic acid to an acid halide.

United States Patent 1191 Sellstedt et al.

1111' 1 3,873,524 1451 Mar. 25, 1975 M. Teller, Devon; Charles J. Guinosso, King of Prussia, all of- Pa.

[73] Assignee: American Home Products Corporation, New York, NY.

22 Filed: Nov. 30, 1973 21 Appl. No.: 420,408

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Primary Ex'aminerBernard Helfin Assistant Examiner-,Gerald A. Schwartz Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Richard K. Jackson [57] ABSTRACT Derivatives of end-5411132011110 and thiazblidine-S- ylideneacetamidopenicillanic acid of potent antibacterial activity are produced by acylating 6- aminopenicillanic acid with derivatives 'of 4-0xo-5- thiazolinylideneacetic acid or 4-oxo-5- thiazolidinylideneacetic acid in the presence of a condensing agent directly or after conversion of the -ylideneacetic acid to an acid halide.

4 Claims, N0 Drawings DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION In accordance with this invention there is provided chemical compounds of the formula:

s CH CHCONH V CHa wherein R is a member selected from the group consisting of di(lower)alkylamino and (lower)alkylimino;

R is a member selected from the group consisting of -H and (lower)alkyl; and R is a member selected from the group consisting of -H, and an alkali metal cation.

In the preceding paragraph and throughout the speci-. fication and claims, the term lower is used to modify alkyl, to designate the presence of-from one to six carbon atoms in the modified term. The dotted line to R and the nitrogen atom designates the presence of a double bond in the (lower)alkylimino derivatives and di(lower)alkylamino derivatives, respectively.

The compounds of this invention are anti-bacterial agents which may be generically described as i( 2 dialkylamino and 2-alkylimino-4-oxo-5- thiazolinylidene, and 5- thiazolidinylidene)acetamido1penicillanic acids, and alkali metal salts thereof. Each of these compounds are prepared by reacting the precursor acetic acid derivative with an appropriate 6-aminopenicillanic acid derivative in the presence of a condensing agent such as carbonyl diimidazole, dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, dicyclohexylcarbodiimide in the presence of N- hydroxysuccinimide or 1-hydroxybenzotriazole, isobutylchloroformate, and the like. These and similar condensing agents which are operable in the preparation of the antibacterial agents of this invention are presented in Spencer et al., J. Med. Chem. 9, pp. 746-750 (1966); Micetich et al., J. Med. Chem. 15, pp. 333-335 (1972); Klausner et al.-, Synthesis, pp. 453463 (1972) and US. Pat. No. 3,338,896.

Alternatively, the precursor acetic acid derivative may be converted by known means to an acid halide which is then used in aqueous medium to acylate the free amino group of either a tertiary amine salt or an alkali metal salt of the 6-amino-penicillanic acid. In addition, the acetic acid halide precursor may be used to react in organic solution with either a tertiary amine salt or a silylated, phosporylated or saccharinated derivative of the 6-amino-penicillanic acid derivative.

The precursor acetic acid derivatives are prepared by reaction of acetylene dicarboxylic acid with a thioamide of the formula:

in which R and R are hydrogen or lower alkyl and R is lower alkyl; in accordance with the techniques employed with analogous reactants as disclosed by Trivedi et al., J. Indian Chem. Soc., 43, pp. 265268 (1966); Arakelian et al., J. Org. Chem, 25, pp. 465-467 (1960); and Japanese Patent 11255/66 (Derwent No. 22,031).

Thus, depending upon the group R, either a 2- dialkylamino derivative is produced, or a 2-alkylimino product is obtained in accordance with theequation negative test organisms as well as penicillin resistant staphlococcus at an inhibitory concentration at or below 250 micrograms per milliliter using the well known and scientifically accepted agar-serial dilution testing technique. Thus, the compounds of this inventionare useful in the fields of comparative pharmacology and in microbiology and maybe used as growth promotors in animals and for the treatment of infections amenable to treatment with penicillins. The specific activity of the compounds exemplified in the following examples is provided, infra, for those specific bacterial strains against which the compound exemplifled was active-at a minimum inhibitory concentration at or below 250 micrograms per milliliter. It is to be understood that activity against bacteria other than those specifically listed occurs at concentrations above 250 micrograms per milliliter. The bacteria are named followed by the specific strain and the concentration in micrograms per milliliter at which percent inhibition occurred. Theabbreviations for each bacteria are:

ST AU Staphylococcus aureus BA SU Bacillus subtilis NE CA Neisseria catarrhalis S'A PA Salmonella paratyphi KL'PN Klebsiella pneumoniae HE SP Herellea species ES CO Escherichia coli BO BR Bordelella brochiseptica EN AE Enterobacter aerogenes ES IN Escherichia intermedia PR VU Proteus vulgaris The following examples are given by way of illustration and are not be to construed as limitations upon the true scope of the invention. In the working examples the expression APA means aminopenicillanic acid.

EXAMPLE I &1;-Qa ELhflaminQ-4-9a -2-th awnylidene)acetamido]-penicillanic acid.

To a solution of 2-dimethylamin0-4-oxo-2-thiazolin- S-yIidene-acetic acid (1.00 g, 0.015 moles) in dry dimethylformamide (20 ml) containing trie thylamine (1.39 ml) at l C. under nitrogen is added all at once isobutyl chloroformate (1.30 ml, 0.02 moles). The mixture is stirred at l0 C. for 10 minutes and a solution of 6-APA(1.08, 0.005 moles) and triethylamine (1.39 ml) in water/dimethyl formamide (1:1, 20 ml) is added all at once. The mixture is stirred at 5 C. for 1 hour and 25 C. for 1 hour. After evaporation in vacuo 40 C. a solution of 120 ml of water and 40 ml of ethyl acetate is added. The mixture is shaken thoroughly and the organic layer is discarded. The aqueous layer is cooled to 5 C. 120 ml of ethyl acetate is added and the mixture acidified to pH 3.0 with aqueous hydrochloric acid. The organic layer is separated and the aqueous layer is extracted with 40 ml of ethyl acetate. The combined extract and organic layer is washed with water, brine and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. Evaporation in vacuo 40 C. leaves a solid, mp. 180 C. (d); )t,,,,, 5.68. 6.01, 6.30 a; NMR has 1.50, 1.62, 3,26, 3.33 ppm peaks.

s'r AU 6538P 1.95

ST AU SMITH 1.95

BA so 6633 3.90

NE CA 8193 31.3

ST AU CHP 31.3

EXAMPLE ll acetic acid to yield the title compound. The product.

acid is converted to the potassium salt with potassium ethyl hex-anoate, m.p. 188 C. (d); )t 5.60, 6- M; NMR has 1.50, 1.62, 3.19, 3.25 ppm peaks.

ST AU 6538P .244 ST AU SMITH .244 BA SU' 6633 I95 NE CA 8 l93 3.90 ST AU CHP l5.6 HE SP 9955 3L3 SA PA ll737 31.3 ES CO 9637 125 ST AU 53-]80 250 B0 BR 4617 250 EN AE l3048 250 ES IN 65-1 250 KL PN lOO3l 250 PR VU 6896 250 What is claimed is: 1. A compound of the formula:

3. The compound ofclaim 1 which is 6-[2-(3-methyl- I 2methylimino-4-oxo-5- thiazolidinylidene)acetamidolpenicillanic acid.

4. The compound of claim 1 which is 6-[ 2-(3-methyl- 2methylimino-4-oxo-5- thiazolidinylidene)acetamidolpenicillanic acid potassium salt. 

1. A COMPOUND OF THE FORMULA:
 2. The compound of claim 1 which is 6-(2-(2-dimethylamino4-oxo-2-thiazolin-5-ylidene)acetamido)penicillanic acid.
 3. The compound of claim 1 which is 6-(2-(3-methyl-2methylimino-4-oxo-5 -thiazolidinylidene)acetamido)penicillanic acid.
 4. The compound of claim 1 which is 6-(2-(3-methyl-2methylimino-4-oxo-5 -thiazolidinylidene)acetamido)penicillanic acid potassium salt. 